var theDelay = 2000;
var num = 1;
var showPics = -1;
var e = '';
var count = 7;

// @return void
function swapContent()
{
	if (num == 1) {
	for (var i = 1; i <= 8; ++i) {
		var e = $('phrase' + i);
		e.className ='vis';
		}
	}
	
	if (num < 9) { 
	$('phrase' + num).innerHTML = '<img src="images/startsite/gedicht' + num + '.jpg" style="float:left; margin-top:0px; margin-left:10px;border:none;" />';
	$('image' + num).innerHTML = '<img id="aimage' + num + '" width="100" src="images/startsite/startfoto_' + num + '.jpg" style="opacity: 0.1;filter:alpha(opacity=10);float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px;border:none;" />';
	e = 'aimage' + num;
	Effect.Appear(e);
	} else {
	$('image' + num).innerHTML = '<img id="aimage' + num + '" src="images/startsite/startfoto_' + num + '.jpg" style="opacity: 0.1;filter:alpha(opacity=10);float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px;border:none;" />';
	//footer
	e = 'aimage' + num;
	Effect.Appear(e);
	count = num + 1;
	$('foot').innerHTML = '<img id="aimage' + count + '" src="images/startsite/inversa_philosophie.png" style="opacity: 0.1;filter:alpha(opacity=10);float:left; margin-top:357px; margin-left:-10px;border:none;" />';
	e = 'aimage' + count;
	Effect.Appear(e,{duration:5.0,direction: 'bottom-left'});
	}
	
	if (num == 3 || num == 6 ) {
		$('image' + num).innerHTML += '<br style="clear:left;" />';
		//"workarround" call: 
		Effect.Appear(e);
	}
	//thread
	if(num < 9) {
	++num;
	setTimeout( 'swapContent()', theDelay );
	}
}